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  1. Filmmaker Maryam Ebrahimi Discusses I Was Worth 50 Sheep

    September 5, 2012

    ITVS’s Annisa Kau caught up with I Was Worth 50 Sheep producer Maryam Ebrahimi to discuss the documentary, women’s rights, and finding Sabere’s unique story (which is the focus of the film). I Was Worth 50 Sheep aired as part of the Global Voices series on the World Channel (check listings) and is currently available online via PBS Video (for a limited time…

  2. EILEEN FISHER, INC. Joins Women and Girls Lead

    September 5, 2012

    ITVS welcomes support for three-year initiative using media for global education and engagement to support women and girls.Women and Girls Lead is delighted to announce it will continue to support a growing movement to connect citizens worldwide to powerful stories of women as agents of change with a new three-year investment from EILEEN FISHER, Inc.…

  3. Death of the DVD: Thoughts from New Day Films' Jeff Tamblyn

    September 4, 2012

    ITVS's Rebecca Huval discusses research, news, and trends that come out of ITVS’s IndiesLab. The verdict is in: Filmmakers can expect to profit from DVD sales for only two more years. At least that’s what Jeff Tamblyn, Director of Digital Delivery at New Day, is wagering. “We should start a pot at New Day, a betting pool,” Tamblyn joked. “I’d be really…

  4. I Was Worth 50 Sheep, Sunday on Global Voices

    September 2, 2012

    The documentary I Was Worth 50 Sheep by Nima Sarvestani airs Sunday, September 2 on Global Voices on the WORLD Channel. Sabereh, Farzaneh, and her stepfather KhaleghSabere, now 16, was only 7 years old when her father died in war. Her cousin inherited her, and following a long-practiced tradition in Afghanistan, he sold her when she was 10 years old to…

  5. The ITVS Indie Roundup

    August 31, 2012

    A curated list of indie news and recommendations from ITVS’s Rebecca Huval.While San Francisco says goodbye to Woody Allen (he just wrapped up shooting his latest film in the Bay), here’s a comprehensive 1995 Paris Review interview of the screenwriter:“I have no compunction stealing from Strindberg, Chekhov, Perelman, Fellini, and Bob Hope’s…

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